Michelle Lalonde

Montreal

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Articles

NDP calls for permanent ban on purchase of homes in Canada by foreign buyers

1 month ago | montrealgazette.com | Michelle Lalonde

As New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh called for Canada’s temporary ban on foreign homebuyers to become permanent, a local NDP candidate said a permanent ban on foreign buyers may be particularly relevant to Montreal’s housing crisis.
Green Party co-leader denounces “pay-to-play” TVA debate

2 months ago | montrealgazette.com | Michelle Lalonde

The fallout from Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s refusal to participate in an independent French-language debate hosted by TVA continued in Quebec on Wednesday. Carney had said Tuesday morning he would participate in the “Face-à-Face” debate, noting that any election debate had to have participation of all the party leaders. Later in the day, however, he said he would not be participating because the Green Party was not invited to take part. TVA subsequently cancelled the program.
Dual Canadian-U.S. citizens feel confusion, fury

2 months ago | standard-freeholder.com | Michelle Lalonde

'I'm definitely freaked out,' one dual citizen in Montreal tells the Gazette when asked about the impact of tariffs and the trade war. Author of the article: Michelle Lalonde, Montreal Gazette, Postmedia Staff Published Mar 21, 2025 • 6 minute readMcGill University professor Natalie Cornett in Montreal on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
‘I am definitely freaked out’: Dual Canadian-U.S. citizens feel confusion, fury at trade war, 51st-state threats | Montreal Gazette

2 months ago | montrealgazette.com | Michelle Lalonde

“As a Canadian watching this go down, I’m thinking, we are the Ukraine in this situation.”
Montreal to approve $12.8 million contract to redesign Camillien-Houde Way

2 months ago | montrealgazette.com | Michelle Lalonde

Montreal’s executive committee will approve a $12.8 million planning contract on Wednesday, a first step toward Projet Montréal’s controversial $89-million redesign of the road that bisects Mount Royal. Alex Norris, the city’s executive committee member responsible for Mount Royal Park, confirmed in an interview that two local firms — CIMA+, an engineering firm, and Lemay, a landscape architecture firm — teamed up to win their bid for the six-year professional services contract.
Ottawa investing $70 million to plant trees in Montreal region

Mar 4, 2025 | montrealgazette.com | Michelle Lalonde

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault was in Montreal on Tuesday to announce a federal investment of $70 million to finance the planting of half-a-million trees across the Montreal region. Guilbeault, accompanied by Official Languages Minister Rachel Bendayan, made the announcement at the Mile End offices of Soverdi, a non-profit organization dedicated to implementing urban greening strategies.
Montreal apologizes to author after English-language book club fiasco

Jan 31, 2025 | montrealgazette.com | Michelle Lalonde

The city of Montreal has apologized to a local author whose English-language book club was refused the use of a pubic activity room in a city library because the library’s administrator thought this would contravene Quebec’s new language law. The book club’s founder, author Chris DiRaddo, posted a jubilant message on his Facebook page Friday.
Library got it wrong: Language law does not apply to book club, Roberge says

Jan 29, 2025 | montrealgazette.com | Michelle Lalonde

The provincial language minister and the city of Montreal now say a municipal library erred when it refused space to an English-language book club citing Quebec’s new language law. On Monday, Montreal author Christopher DiRaddo was surprised and disappointed to receive a written refusal of his request to hold monthly meetings of his Violet Hour Book Club at the Père-Ambroise Library, a city of Montreal public library in the Village.
Montreal library cites language law for refusing space to anglo book club

Jan 28, 2025 | montrealgazette.com | Michelle Lalonde

A Montreal author says he is “very disappointed” a Montreal public library, citing Quebec’s new language law, has refused his request to hold monthly meetings of his English-language book club. Christopher DiRaddo founded his club, The Violet Hour Book Club, in 2018, with the goal of bringing together anyone interested in discussing LGBTQ2+ literature. “I wanted to create a place where people could come together and make friends,” DiRaddo said in an interview.
Canada under pressure to stop importation of monkeys from Cambodia

Jan 23, 2025 | montrealgazette.com | Michelle Lalonde

Animal rights advocates are hoping a recent recommendation by the secretariat of an international trade agreement will push the Canadian government to halt imports of endangered monkeys from Cambodia to Canada for use in medical and pharmaceutical research. Thousands of live long-tailed macaques have been imported into Canada from Cambodia since early 2023, with many going to facilities owned by Charles River Laboratories in Quebec.